Al, Dallas and Don get together on this supersized episode to discuss comic artists who not only had fantastic drawing abilities, but were masters of graphic design as well.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Samaria
Alex Toth.
Seminal Works. Creepy Presents Alex Toth, Genius Isolated, Genius Illustrated, Genius Animated, Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 And Zorro.
Art Spiegelman.
Seminal Works. RAW, Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
And Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began.
Bill Sienkiewicz.
Seminal Works. Elektra: Assassin, Stray Toasters,
Voodoo Child, Moon Knight And New Mutants.
Bill Watterson. Calvin And Hobbes.
Chris Ware.
Seminal Works. The Acme Novelty Library, Quimby The Mouse,
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth and Building Stories.
Darwyn Cooke.
Seminal Works. Batman: Ego And Other Tails, Catwoman: Trail Of The Catwoman,
Catwoman, Selina’s Big Score, DC: The New Frontier, The Spirit, SOLO,
Parker: The Hunter, Parker: The Outfit, Parker: The Score And Parker: Slayground.
Dave Sim.
Seminal Works. Cerebus And Glamourpuss.
George Herriman. Krazy Kat (Sometimes Called Krazy And Ignatz).
Howard Chaykin.
Seminal Works. American Flagg, The Shadow: Blood And Judgement, Blackhawk,
Cody Starbuck, Black Kiss, Satellite Sam, The Shadow: Midnight In Moscow,
Empire, Swords of Heaven, Flowers of Hell, My Stars, My Destiny.
Jack Kirby.
Seminal Works. He Was The Architect Of Marvel Comics.
Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, Captain America,
The New Gods, Mister Miracle, Kamandi, And O.M.A.C.
J.H. Williams III.
Seminal Works. Promethea, Batwoman.
Jim Steranko.
Seminal Works. Nick Fury: Agent Of Shield, Captain America, Chandler: Red Tide.
More Jim Steranko.
Moebius.
Seminal Works. The Incal, The Airtight Garage, Lieutenant Blueberry,
Arzach, The Long Tomorrow, The Gardens of Aedena,
Neal Adams.
Seminal Works. The Deadman Collection, The Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection,
DC Universe Illustrated by Neal Adams, X-Men Visionaries: Neal Adams.
P. Craig Russell.
Seminal Works. Night Music, Isolation and Illusion, Elric: Elric of Melniboné.
Elric: The Dreaming City, Elric: Stormbringer, The Magic Flute,
The Ring of the Nibelung, Sandman: The Dream Hunters,
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Selfish Giant • The Star Child
The Birthday of the Infanta • Nightingale and the Rose.
Will Eisner.
Seminal Works. The Spirit, Fagin the Jew, Last Day in Vietnam, Invisible People,
To the Heart of the Storm, A Life Force, The Building, The Dreamer,
Comics and Sequential Art, Life on Another Planet, A Contract with God,
The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,
Winsor McCay.
Seminal Works. Little Nemo In Slumberland, The Land Of Wonderful Dreams,
Dreams Of The Rarebit Fiend, Little Sammy Sneeze And Daydreams And Nightmares.